Fruit juice extracting press



Aug- 6, 41935- R. B. FAGEOL E-r A1. 2,010,629

FRUIT JUICE EXTRAGTING PRESS 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June l5, 1951 IVENToRs 754403;- /myv- BY ma Y ATT Aug. 6, 1935.

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FRUIT JUICE EXTRACTINCT PRESS Filed June 15, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 sumisa-wl.

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FRUIT JUICE EXTRACTING PRESS Filed June l5, 1951 I5 Sheets-Sheet 5 IN VEN TOR.

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Patented Aug. 6, 1935 i "fvk-` l y 'JNITED1 STA*iS i PATENT oFFlcEf'` j Rollie B. FagebljLos ngeles,- and Huston Taylor, Pasadena, Calif. i

--piilicetion Julie 15, 1931, serial No. 544,578- j v Y .i l claims? (o1. 10o-41') Our-finvention `and the discoveries in connec- Fie. 4 is a sectionalelevatio of a compression tion' therewith relate to 3a' 'novel and improved bowl with double bottom` i :j i method of` extracting the juices from fruit,` and I Fia is a plan view of compression bowl with to the construction of a cuttingand pressure apdouble bOiJtOm. i

a3 paratus for the carrying out of such and similar Fig. 6, is a plan View 0f Dinin arid llirld 5 methods. Y It relates rto the method of cutting assembly.

fruit,ypressing'out the juice thereof, and strain- Fig.l 7 is a, side elevation of knife andv compres-y lnggthe same in a single operation; i Sion plateassembly. i n f It relates to the'construction of a juice exl- Fis.A 84 kis -a cross-section ofknife at 8-8 in w tracting' fruit press, comprising a frame'support-V Fg 7 L i f i l A i 101 ing' a pressure bowl havinga knife transversely Fife.4 9 iS a frOIlt eleVaOILOf Tack and plunger secured therein, `in combination with a divided f integral COHSIUGOII- l j j plunger operable toward said knife and bowl.- The` Commonly used method ofiextraotins the y It relatesto the' details of a fruit press .in which juice of citrus fruit lis that of roaming-out the is: avl rack with vguardedteeth, anda divided-extenjuice and pulp together, which not `only adulter- 175.

sionl et the lower end, is `designed to cerry two etes the `puieiuiee by mixing the pulp thereiriliut metal plates of springt-material,'adapted tok apalso theextr'acts from the pulpy which So alters y ply :forceful pressure'rst at lthe periphery of the quality and :taste that it is very objectionable flattened fruitand toincrease the pressure toto some people4 The processes of thatmelthod 204 ward a cloven opening across thecenterof said involveuthefcutting of the fruit .by hand, and 2G attened fruit. It relates to the detail of a readapting the various sized fruits .to the .same size movable `knife positioned "acrossa compression reamer often involvingthecontact of the hand bowl, having a notch near thecenter of said knife with the .extracting juice,`Which tends to cleanse cutting-edge providing-two -points` for centerthe hands in the fruit juice. Y l j Vingsaidifruit and starting the penetration of `the The improvement `of our method of extracting 25 rindv thereof; f It relates to Aan inverted AU shaped fruit juices, may be seen in the constructionand kframe secured on'av base, having means for supoperationof the apparatus designated in Athe porting a compression bowl within said frame drawings, in `which thesimilar. numerals illus- Sllffiently elevated from` said lbase to provide trate similar parts in the several figures. w room forfa Juice reoeivingrreoeptacle between l In Figuresl and 2, Yframe I is secured Ato basel Seid' bowlnend. Seid Supporting base. Itrelates et 3, and 3. Elevated sufficiently above baser to the provision of a rack and pinion at' or near ,to give space for juice receptacle 4 is the remove` the P'G Sad frame abOVe Said COmDFeSSiOlI ble compressicnfbowl 5 supported by lugs tand bowl aiidfy means to manually operate said rack e'- on frame i end positioned by notches -iprsee ,iowa'rdend from saideompressipn b owl by means Figure 3) in bowl trotting to the shape of frame 35 0f a hand Crank Secured t0 Sad Pmlm-y It TF* i. Across compression bowl 5 is a removable lates t0 the detail 0f the Sheet metal. 4Plunge? cutting blade 8 positioned at the ends by a groove Pae'ies. Which. Dlfldsm ai 90VB0VeTVthe 01m/en and bead engagement 9 with said .bowl `5, said jsectiflf Offllllt, ,and La angeat the QUteTPelphblade also reinforces the bowl. Said blade has a ,ery Pf @aP-Ornor* Of'said Plllnger pla'ts tqshim notch"y lil forming `points li and ,l I which are 40 laganb the" Scatterllg 0f JUC?, and.mad-e @QUT designed to locate apiece of fruit and start the yeniently TemQVable fol" lealln, f blade in the penetration of the" rind.` The blade "f We ,fii'tiilthese` Objetsby the methods, *and 8 is of'wedge shaped construction and is wide at y,IlfieihaliLlSIIi illustrated lin the accompanying the-base to separate the two halves of the fruit, drawings, iii Whichfl y* i v allowing thejuice to flow beneath the blade 8 45 Fe.' j 11 is a vertical side elevation of-afruit wbicnis elevated from the bese of bowl-e5. This press in which certain'portionsare shown in secgives freedom to the juice to ow through aper: tionalldr'awings. l o y Y, ,f tures i6 at the base of the bowl 5. i i Fig.`2 isa verticalffront elevation of a .fr`uit Above the pressure bowl is` located al plunger 5o press, in ,which aportionof the handlejanndiframe l2'formed of sheet metal so that two plates i3 .5o

' are.fragmentallyV shown, and plunger sectionally and I3 are provided "more or lesshalf round shown. I p ef, i having downwardanges l at theperiphery e Fig; 3 is a; plan View` ofa, compression bowl 0f edges to shieldthe juice from scattering in the a fruit pressshowing a cutting blade positioned operationv of the press, and a spacefbetween ysaid therein.A i v j' plates to provideclearance for Lknife!! when said o5 fil plunger plates I3 and I3 are brought down toward the bottom of the compression bowl. These two plates may be formed of one piece of sheet metal preferably chromium steel alloy connected by an inverted channel portion III, or they may be cast integral with rack shaft I9 as in Fig. 9.

The sheet metal stock of plunger I2 has some spring temper so that when it is brought down to the final squeeze, hard pressure is applied to the flattened fruit around its outer edges, then as the pressure is increased the plunger yields slightly upwardly on opposite sides of the channel I4 so as to change the slope of the plates I3 and I3. This causes almost a complete discharge of the juice toward the cloven or central portion, where it flows through apertures I6 at the bottom of the bowl 5. This method of laterally squeezing both halves of the fruit encloses the pulp and seeds within the rind and discharges only the pure juice.

Operating rack I9 is adapted to engage plunger I2 at its center, here shown in Fig. 2, like a fork straddling the central channel I4 of the plunger plate, with its ends I8 extending through the horizontal plane portion of the plates I3--I 3' and having pin I5 engaging rack to channel I4 by going through both channel and rack. This pin is removable making it simple to take the plunger plate I2 off for cleansing. The rack is preferably approximately square, having the rack teeth I9 protected at their ends by longitudinal ribs 20 and 20. These ribs serve three purposes. They protect the hand from the sharp ends of the teeth, they reinforce the strength of the teeth which is needed if made of die casting and they straddle the pinion inthe assembly, so that the pinion I1 with handle are held in place and cannot be removed unless the pressure bowl first is removed and the plunger and rack assembly withdrawn from below. Figure 2 shows the lower end of rack I9 forked and engaging plates I3 and I3 at the ends of said forked extension.

The hand crank 2| is provided for the reciprocation of rack I9 and plunger I2 in an operation of the press. Integral with the crank and pinion, and on opposite sides of the latter, are a set of bearing'portions 2,5 and 25 for journaling the crank and pinion device in the upper arch of the framework. There is an annular recess 26', between the pinion and the bearing portion 25, for receiving one of the ribs 25 of the rack I9 and thus permitting the pinion to mesh properly with the rack teeth. One of the features of the inventionris the counter clock wise movement of the crank to operate the plunger in a downward direction, and the location of the handle relative to the final squeeze, at which time the handle is toward the operator and between the half way horizontal position and the bottom position of the handle. This is determined by the position of the pinion I1 on rack I9 relative to the position of handle 2I, and makes it convenient for the operator to apply a hard downward pressure at an angle and position most convenient.

On the upper part of the frame is provided a handle 29 in Fig. 2 for steadying the press in the operation thereof.

Frame I is preferably designed with two vertical sections engaged to a base 2 below and engaged to each other at the top. They are also engaged by the bowl 5 as shown.

A perpendicular reciprocating movement of the plunger I2 relative to the plane of bowl 5 is an important feature of the invention as it steadies the fruit in place better than a rolling or angular movement.

In Figures 4, 5, and "I, we have shown a sectional elevation of compression bowl, differing from 5 in Figures y1 and 3 in that a perforated compression plate 21 is secured to knife 8 and designed to be inserted into bowl 5, which has a single aperture 23 at the bottom through which the juice is gathered to a single center, making it convenient to receive the juice in a glass rather than in a larger receptacle 4 as shown in Fig. l.

The knife is spaced from and permanently united with the plate 21 in any suitable manner, as by a pair of spaced legs 8 integral with the knife and ttedtightly into apertures in the plate. This removable blade and compression plate assembly makes it convenient to dispose of the compressed rind and seeds by manually engaging the knife and lifting the rind with compression plate 21. Said plate 21 being of smaller diameter than the cylindrical portion of the bowl 5, and elevated from the bottom of said bowl 5 by a serrated downward flange 24 on the periphery of plate 21 allows the juice to flow over the edge of plate 21 and to aperture 23 of bowl 5.

This assembly (in Figures 4, 5, and 1) of bowl 5, compression plate 21 and knife 8 is the preferred form in that it allo-ws for the variation of the size andy texture of fruit, and prevents the extracted juices from closing the small holes I6 by rind pulp and seeds, as the overflowing juices go over the edge of plate 21 and between serrations 22 of ange 24`to aperture 23.

The plate 21 has a multiplicity of holes IE located relatively below the knife, through which fruit juice strains when press is operated. 'Ihe bottom of knife 8 is so elevated above compression plate 21 that the edges of the fruit rind are forced beneath the knife. This prevents the lifting of the fruit rind by suction on the bottom of plunger I 2.

It is apparent that this invention facilitates the extraction of juices of fruit and preserves the quality of the juices without mixing it with pulp or the extracts therefrom. It is also a practical manufacturing proposition and fulfils a felt need foi more convenient means of extracting juices of citrus or other fruits.

By this method and construction a piece of whole fruit is not only out in two and the juice pressed out, but rind is pressed between plates I3 and I3 and 21 which are without perforations except vnear the cloven section of the fruit thereby sealing the rind juices in the outside of rind without allowing them to be extracted and discharged into the fruit juice.

We claim:

1. In a device for extracting the juices from fruits or the like, means comprising a pair of pressure plates, one of which plates is movable toward the other to crush the fruit, a knife fixed on and coextensive with a diameter of one of said plates so that the fruit is separated into two sections when said plates are moved relative to each other, one of said pressure plates having a substantially unyielding central portion substantially coextensive with and adjacent to said knife and a yieldable outer portion, whereby when said plates are moved relative to each other to crush the fruit the nal crushing pressure is applied progressively from the outer periphery toward said knife.

2. In the combination as set forth in claim 1 in which the plate to which said knife is fixed is imperforate, except for a series of juice receiving apertures therein arranged in a line parallel axially in said guideway, one face of said plunger to said knife and in close proximity thereto, having a longitudinal rlb,V and an actuating de- Whereby the juice of said fruit will be conducted vice comprising an operating handle having a entering said receiving apertures. being designed to permit said actuating device to 3. In the combination as set forth in claim 1, be bodily removed simply by pulling on the latter, one of said plates being lxed and in which said but said rib normally being disposed in the path with a portion spaced from said plate whereby with the plunger to engage said plunger to limit 10 prevent the rind from being lifted by the suction ing device, whereby said actuating device cannot of the movable plate when the latter is moved be removed without irst removing said bowl.

' 15 4. In a manually operable press, a framework ROLLIE B. FAGEOL.

provided with a guideway, a plunger slidable HUSTON TAYLOR. 

